Breaches and Hacks Archive
November saw 103 cyber security incidents and more than 580 million leaked records. That’s less than the monthly average, but we are still on pace to surpass 20 million breached records this year – a figure that seems almost unfathomable. …
We recorded 117 publicly disclosed cyber attacks and data breaches in October 2020, making it the leakiest month of the year so far. It surpasses September’s total of 102 incidents, and marks the third month in a row in which …
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With COVID-19 spreading across the globe last month – bringing with it a host of cyber security risks – it would have been easy to fear for the worst in terms of cyber attacks and data breaches. But surprisingly, we …
A primary school in Gdańsk, Poland, has been fined PLN 20,000 (about €4,600) for collecting biometric data from its students without a legal basis. The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) defines biometric data as “personal data resulting from specific technical …
This month has been a mixed bag in terms of cyber security incidents. On the one hand, the 630 million breached records represents a massive drop-off from last month and brings the monthly average back down to about the same …
Hospital notes of patients who attended Craigavon Area Hospital, Co. Armagh were discovered scattered on a local roadside on 7 February. The records contained the information of 18 patients who visited ward 2 South Medicine at the hospital, including their …
The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) last month issued a €27,802,946 fine to telecoms company TIM S.p.A for several GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) infringements and a lack of accountability.
Ireland’s DPC (Data Protection Commission) is investigating Internet giant Google and matchmaking app Tinder over the way they process and retain users’ data.
Cyber criminals are using the fear surrounding the coronavirus outbreak to infect the devices of unsuspecting victims with malware. The malware, delivered via an email attachment, was discovered by Kaspersky Lab and IBM X-Force.
